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Broken but not damaged

CJD3

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I was taking a 4 wheeler putt in the last 15 min of shooting light and came around a corner to see a nice hard horned buck at 45 yards standing broadside. lets see... 1, 2, 3, 4 maybe 5 points on this side. Then he turned to face me. The right side rack was broken off. Damn. :smiley_blackeye:
 

Hoytmania

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DANG, when I first started reading I thought it was leading into a 4 wheeler accident. Glad that wasn't the case, but it does duck to see that this early.
 

CJD3

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Dang, that's early too start doing that..... Any bleeding????

It was a woods trail so a little darker light than in the fields. I didn't see any but it was marginal light by then. He was shaking his head and ears (skeeters) and doing the head bob thing so I could not see if there was a base stem or it was broken off flush. What a shame; guessing a 3 year old.
 

finelyshedded

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Sucks to see this happen to mature deer. I often wonder what I would do if I had a 170+ buck or even a 200"er come in offering a nice shot but maybe one beam broke off midway taking 30-40" with it. In other words, that 170 would be 130ish and the 200 around 150". Prolly just pull my video camera out and film him but talk about a huge downer! Lol

Sorry for rambling Jim, thanks for sharing.
 

at1010

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I hate it when that happens. Made my son pass on a nice 3 year old busted off ten last year. hope to see that deer again this year.

first year I owned my farm I had a buck that was a solid 8 point half rack. All the neighbors passed on him, but then the other neighbor got about 800 acres timbered soo I literally have all new deer im looking at haha this season.
 

Curran

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Had this guy show up a few years ago. These pics are from mid November... somebody musta kicked his butt pretty good.